The initial wave of exhibitors that will be at this year’s gamescom in Germany have been revealed.

The following companies will all have booths at the event on August 13: Bethesda, CD Projekt red, Crytek, Deep Silver/Koch Media, Electronic Arts, Konami, Kalypso Media, Microsoft, Nintendo, Riot Games, and Ubisoft. Several other studios will also be in attendance over the four days that the event is open. The number of exhibitors registering in the early phase has risen by 50 percent compared to last year.

As well as this, it was also revealed that people from 26 countries have already registered for the event.

Gamescom 2014 will take place between August 13 and August 17 in Cologne, Germany.

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